GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| hardy | bold |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |